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I raise an eyebrow at him. His dark hair is a mess on his head. His pajamas are wrinkled, and blood coats his hands still. My brows furrow, knowing Eli must have told them to use the bathrooms here to clean themselves up. Yet, for some reason, Luke hasn’t bothered.
Reaching back into the fridge, I find a can of lemonade and offer it to him. He stares at my hand like it might bite him before accepting it.
“Did you eat your dinner?” I ask him.
He nods. “I want to see my sister.”
I sigh, grabbing some forks. “Fine, I’ll let you see her. But I want you to tell me what happened with your father first,” I tell him, leaning on the counter.
Luke turns his head to the door, clearly checking if his mother is within earshot. “You won’t tell my mom I told you?” he asks.
I shake my head. “You tell me, and you can help me carry food up to my level, and I’ll let you see Elena.”
He chews his lip and fiddles with the can tab. Reaching over, I take it from him, cracking the lid and handing it back. I watch as he takes a sip, glancing at the door again.
“Mom filed for divorce. He locked her in the basement,” he tells me.
I blink at him, shocked at what I hear.
“Like you can judge, you have our mate locked in our room and, before that, locked in that shitty apartment!” Khan snarls at me.
I growl at him, and Luke jumps, but surprisingly doesn’t run.
“I wasn’t growling at you,” I tell him.
He stares at me nervously as if he doesn’t believe me.
“Then what happened? That seems extreme that your father would risk locking her up, considering the pack is actually hers.”
Luke’s brows furrow in confusion, and I realize I may have let more slip than he knows. “What do you mean?”
“Now you’ve done it!” Khan hisses at me.
“Your father married into her pack. Her father had the same prejudices as your dad about women running packs and being Alpha.”
“But my dad is an Alpha?”
I nod my head. “Yes, but a disgraced one. His pack abandoned him. True, he is Alpha-born, but his own pack stripped him of his title and abandoned him. Then, he met your mother, and her father handed the pack to him when he marked your mother, forced his own daughter to submit to him.”
Luke sips his drink thoughtfully. “So my mother was supposed to be the original Alpha?”
I nod at his words.
“And how do you know this?” he asks.
I can’t help but smile at his inquisitive tone. Almost like he is challenging the information I am giving him.
“Council files and databases.”
“That explains why Mom nearly beat his ass when he tried to kill Elena over the leaked tape. Also explains why her wolf is just as big as his,” Luke tells me with a shrug.
“Pardon?”
“Mom…” He sighs, as if I should already know the answer. “When Dad attacked her, she tried to make him stop. He threw her off and stomped on Elena’s head. Mom shifted and attacked him, but then…” Luke stops, his eyes moving to the counter, and he clears his throat, his eyes darkening slightly when I grip his chin, forcing him to look at me.
“Then what, Luke?”
“He grabbed a knife from the kitchen and stabbed her wolf, forcing her to shift back. Mom was bleeding, and he refused to heal her if she didn’t submit. She didn’t want to, and I couldn’t understand what he meant until afterward. I realized she’d challenged him by attacking him. But then, Mom did. She submitted, but not before she told him she only would if she could call an ambulance for Elena.”
